Definitely Infinitesimal: Foundations of the Calculus in The Netherlands, 1840-1870

DOI10.1080/000337901457678MaRDI QIDQ2735948zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors D. J. Beckers

Publication date 5 September 2001

Published in Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/000337901457678

zbMATH Keywords

RiemannCauchyinfinitesimalsrigour

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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